Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Looking In

I made this quilt especially for one reason...so my boys won’t fight (constantly!) over this quilt I made last year for the couch.

It didn’t work…but now they each have their own quilt while they fight.

I used novelty prints from my stash and bought from a local shop. I used lots of different squares instead of a few yardage cuts, so it would be like an eye spy quilt. I made the throw size of the pattern 56" x 67"…so I can steal it when you-know-who is in bed.

The best part is I backed it with a double sided Minky (this one…it was on sale at the time for $7.49 a yard!) and I skipped the batting. The Minky I bought was 64" wide…so I bought 2 yards and it was enough to back the throw size without piecing it!!! Love that…and a super affordable alternative, especially since I didn’t use batting.

I basted the quilt top directly to the Minky and free motion quilted it. I’ll post more on that later… it is so soft and has such a nice drape.

That sweet little 2 year old up there is giving me a run for my money. I got out of the shower today to find him sitting on the couch with a open half gallon of ice cream and a spoon…must be my child.

The pattern can be found here. My favorite block is this giraffe peaking from one side of the window to the other:

The background fabric is a print from Timeless Treasures. It gives the background some oompth instead of using a solid.

45 comments:

I love your quilt! Can I ask a question though... Do you have a hard time with the minky stretching when you quilt it? I tried it once and I must have either bought the wrong brand or done something because it kind of stretched when I was quilting it and then shrank back up after it was unpinned and made the top wrinkly.

This is really, really cute, and after the day I had with my just-turned-3yo, I really needed to hear that story. He almost broke me today. Delightful, loving child ... who destroys or damages something about every 15 minutes.

I yearn for the day that I can shower while my 18 month old is awake... I have a feeling I may have to wait until she is 5 or 6. ;) Love that you backed the quilt in minky! I am going to have to try that sometime!

I've got an ice cream stealer too. I keep the chocolate chips in the freezer or I used to before I found him crouched naked in the (ornamental only) fireplace eating them for breakfast. Sigh. Wait til he hits 5. ;-)

This is gorgeous!! I will also have to add it to my list. I bought fabric for Pow-Wow over the weekend, can't wait to start it. Also bought Spin Cycle from you when you had your sale, so need to make those soon. LOVE your blog, it is very inspirational, a fan from South Africa :)

great quilt!! and great cover for your quilt w/ your little 2 yr old hurricane!! :-P How did a TWO year old get into the freezer? Oh, I forgot: I was thinking of when my kids were little and the freezers were on the top. :-) Now with them on the bottom I can see all kinds of trouble that my kids could have gotten into! He's sure a doll though: That hair! My oldest girl had hair like that too: people would ask me if I curled it!! Yeah, right! Getting a two yr old to sit for that: they sure weren't thinking!! Thanks for sharing your great quilts and the pics of your cute quilts: those of us who have older kids sure do miss the sweetness of the little chubby cheeks!! have a great day! H in Healdsburg, Ca

I love the background fabric! I have some of that in a pinkish color that I used for binding on a bag. The ice cream story is too funny! Sometimes it makes a bit tricky to not laugh when they do something like that! Last thing you want them to think is that they did something funny! That really opens a can of worms :)

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This is such a fun quilt. Haha about finding him on the couch eating ice cream. Our three grandkids are SO different from each other. The youngest, who just turned 1, I am SURE is going to give them a run for their money!

Cute quilt! I love the background fabric.My two-year old has been giving me a run for my money too... just when I think she's finally giving me a break I find her pulling everything out of my wallet (and giving it to her little sister to chew on)

This is a beautiful quilt and I would love to make it. I love the idea of using novelties for the windows. I have a question about the minky. I used it in a quilt with no batting and had the minky pull through to the front when I free motion quilted it. Have you had that happen and how did you prevent it? I ended up unquilting and adding batting. It made the quilt very heavy (not what I was going for). Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Take care and God bless, Cory